I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention ... arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.

You shape your own destiny.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

A man should look for what is, and not what he thinks should be.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.